8 waterfalls worldwide
Kayaking at waterfalls
Flatwater above the lip or big water below it — kayaking gets you closer to a waterfall than any walking trail.
Where it runs
Waterfalls with kayaking
Every destination in our index where kayaking genuinely operates at or immediately around the falls. If an operator has closed, we take the entry down rather than leave a dead booking link.
Seven Sisters Waterfall
Seven parallel streams cascade down the same cliff face directly into Geirangerfjord, facing a single opposing waterfall nicknamed …
Stirling Falls
Tour boats on Milford Sound cruise close enough to this permanent falls that passengers standing on deck get soaked by the spray, o…
Victoria Falls
The Zambezi drops as a single curtain into a narrow slot chasm cut into basalt, throwing spray visible for 20 km that locals call '…
Virginia Falls
Nearly twice the height of Niagara, a limestone spire called Mason's Rock splits the South Nahanni River in two as it plunges into …
Shoshone Falls
Taller than Niagara and once nicknamed the 'Niagara of the West,' this Snake River curtain is at its thunderous best only in spring…
Great Falls
Just upstream from Washington, D.C., the Potomac drops through a series of steep, closely spaced cascades into Mather Gorge, a whit…
Huka Falls
New Zealand's largest lake, Taupo, drains through a narrow rock channel here at a rate that can exceed 200,000 litres per second, t…
Petrohué Falls
Turquoise glacial meltwater from Lake Todos los Santos tears through channels carved into ancient lava flows, with the snow-capped …